Fish-line reel.



PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

E. D. ROCK'WBLL. FISH LINE REEL.

APPLIUATION FILED un. 21. 190s.

H0 MODEL.

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PATENT OEEI'CE.

EDI/VARI) D. ROCKVELL, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE LIBERTYBELL COMPANY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

FISH-LINE REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 757,964, dated April19, 1904.

Application filed March 27, 1903. Serial No. 149,845. (No model.)

To LZZ whom, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. RooKwELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Line Reels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to fish-line reels. The principal object of theinvention is the provision of improved click mechanism to which varyingdegrees of tension or drag may be applied.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means whereby theclick mechanism will be operative when the line is pulled out, but willnot be affected when said line is wound in.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanyin g drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a reelconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a View of theinner face of the end plate of the reel, in which the click mechanism ismounted; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the various parts inthe positions they occupy when tension or drag has been applied to theclick. Fig. 4 illustrates the construction of ahardened-steel pointcarried by the click. Fig. 5 is a hori- Zontal section of the end plateupon line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail View of an oscillatory armwhich will hereinafter be more fully described. Fig. 7 is a sectionalview of the click-wheel and the reel-spindle, and Fig. 8 is a modifiedform of the device hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 5 5' designate thefend plates ofa fish-line reel, and 6 the rods commonly employed for fastening Saidplates together. The spindle 7 of the reel is recessed, as at 8, and insaid recess is a spring 9, bearing against a ball 10 to force said ballinto a recess 12, formed in a toothed clickwheel 13, mounted forrotative movement upon the spindle 7 The recess 12 has an inclined wall12, terminating in a locking-shoulder 122, the parts described forming aballratchet between the spindle 7 and click-Wheel 13, whereby saidspindle may rotate independently of the click-wheel when the line isbeing wound in, but will automatically engage said wheel when the lineis drawn out, as will be hereinafter described.

Pivoted upon a screw 14, mounted for transr verse movement in a slot 15of plate 5, is a click 16, having a tongue 17 and an extension 18. Thisclick is provided with a hardcned-steel point 19 to resist wear, saidpoint being recessed, as at 19, as is fully illustrated in Fig. 4, andafter the point 19 has been inserted in a slot 20, formed in tongue 17of the click, the metal forming the walls of said slot is struck overWith a punch and thus caused to enter the recesses 19/ and secure point19 firmly in place. l

The point 19 of click 16 is normally kept in engagement with the teethof the clickwheel by the tension of a spring 21, one end of which issecured to extension 18 of the click and the other end of which issecured to an oscillatory arm 22, pivoted at 28 to end plate 5. A pin25, carried by end plate 5, serves the double purpose of limiting theswing of the click and of locking said click out of engagement with theclick-wheel when desired, this latter object being achievedV by theprovision of a shoulder 16' upon the click, said shoulder snappingbehind pin when the click ismoved to the left in Figs. 2 and 3. Theoscillatory arm 22 is slotted at 22 for the reception of a wrist-pin26,carried by a disk 27, whereby when said disk is rotated anoscillatory movement will be imparted to arm 22 to thereby vary thetension of spring 21 to any desired degree.

The disk 27 is mounted upon a stem 28, surrounded by a spring 29, ofwhich one end bears against a shoulder 52 of end plate 5, and the otherend bears against the base of a knob 30 upon the exterior of plate 5 andcarried by stem 28.

disk 27 is held against plate 5 with suflicient friction to prevent itspartial rotation by the By virtue of this construction the tension ofspring 21 when the wrist-pin 26 is on the half-center, and by referringto Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the slot 22 is so disposed as to.limit the movement of the wristpin 26 in either direction, whereby theoperator of the reel will know when the limit of movement of arm 22 hasbeen reached. If the construction just described lhad not been providedand the slot 22' had been so disposed as to permit the disk 27 to rotatecontinuously in one direction, the operator might at a critical momentdecrease the drag in an attempt to increase it, and it is to provideagainst such a contingency that the slot 22' is caused to limit themovement of the disk 27, as above stated.

The operation of my invention is as follows: After the line has been setthe click is moved into engagement with the click-wheel, as illustratedin Figs. 2 and 8. When a fish takes the hook and starts to run with theline, the ball-ratchet (shown in Fig. 7) operates to lock the spindle ofthe reel to the click-Wheel, and thereby cause the click to sound. Whenit is desired to apply drag to the line, the disk 27 is rotated by theknob 30 to thereby move the arm 22 to a position where the spring 21Will be suiiciently distended to place the desired tension upon theclick. When the line is wound in, the ball-ratchet permits the spindleto rotate free of the click-wheel, and in consequence the click is notoperative at such time.

Ii' desired, the arm 22 may be dispensed with and the end of spring 21attached directly to Wrist-pin 26, as illustrated in Fig. 8, and variousother changes may be made Without departure from the invention, forwhile the construction. shown serves the purpose for which it isintended it is distinctly to be understood that the invention is notlimited thereto, but includes within its purview any means for placingvarying degrees of tension or drag upon the click.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a fish-line reel,the combination, with a spring-controlled click, of a member, movabletoward and from said click, to which one end of the click-spring issecured.

2. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with a click-wheel. actuatedonly when the line is drawn out, of a spring-controlled click inengagement with said click-wheel, and a member, movable toward and fromsaid click, to which one end of the click-spring is secured.

3. In a {ish-line reel, the combination, with a click-Wheel actuatedonly when the line is drawn out, of a spring-controlled click inengagement with said click-wheel, a member, movable toward and from theclick, to which one end of the click-spring is secured, and means uponthe exterior of the reel for con- 1t0rolling the movement of the movablemem- 4;. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with a spring-controlledclick, of a member, movable toward and from said click, to which one endof the click-spring is secured, and means upon the exterior of the reelfor controlling the movement of said movable member.

5. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with a click device, of aspring controlling said click device, a swinging arm to which one end ofthe spring is attached, a crank-pin connected to said arm, and means forcontrolling the movement of said crank-pin.

6. In a fish-line reel, the combination with Va click device controlledby a spring, of a swinging arm to which one end of said spring 1ssecured, a crank-disk having a crank-pin engaging said arm, means forrotating said disk and means for limiting the movement of v said disk ineither direction.

7 In a fish-line reel, the combination, with a click device, of a springcontrolling said click device, an arm to which one end of said spring issecured, a crank-disk frictionally bound against one of the end platesof the reel and having a crank-pin connected to said arm, and means forrotating said crank-disk.

8. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with v a click device, of aspring controlling said click device, an oscillatory arm to which oneend of said spring is secured, and means for controlling the movement ofsaid arm.

9. In a ish-line reel, the combination, with a click-Wheel actuated onlywhen the line is drawn out, of a click device in engagement therewith, aspring controlling said click de- Vice, and an oscillatory arm to whichone end of said spring is secured.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD D. ROCKWELL. Witnesses:

EDsoN M. PECK, HOWARD T. PECK.

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